May 11, 2015, 11:42AM

Benjamin O. Davis Jr. entered West Point in 1932 as its only black cadet and spent the next four years shunned. He roomed alone, and no one befriended him. The future Tuskegee Airman and trailblazing Air Force general later said he was "an invisible man." Now, more than a decade after his death, the academy that allowed Davis to be... Full story »

April 02, 2015, 9:12AM

Leslie A. Williams, a former member of the Tuskegee Airmen, which broke the military color barrier during World War II, has died in California. He was 95. Williams died Monday of natural causes at his home in Patterson, said his daughter Penny Williams. A native of San Francisco, Williams was drafted into the Army in 1939 and trained for nine months... Full story »

January 12, 2015, 5:33AM

Two members of the Tuskegee Airmen -- the famed all-black squadron that flew in World War II -- died on the same day. The men, lifelong friends who enlisted together, were 91. Clarence E. Huntley Jr. and Joseph Shambrey died on Jan. 5 in their Los Angeles homes, relatives said Sunday. Huntley and Shambrey enlisted in 1942. They were... Full story »

December 19, 2014, 1:49PM

VENTURA, California -- Lowell Steward, a former member of the Tuskegee Airmen who flew nearly 200 missions over Europe during World War II, has died in California. He was 95. His son Lowell Jr. says Steward died Wednesday at a hospital in Ventura of natural causes. After graduating college in 1941, Steward joined the Army Air Corps and trained... Full story »

October 01, 2014, 1:45PM

TUSKEGEE, Alabama - When President Franklin D. Roosevelt arrived by train in Tuskegee 75 years ago this past March, he was finally accepting an invitation made 30 years earlier by legendary educator Booker T. Washington. Roosevelt's whirlwind visit through Alabama on March 30, 1939, which included stops at Auburn University (then called Alabama Polytechnic Institute) and a veteran's hospital,... Full story »

August 09, 2014, 3:19PM

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- Members of the Tuskegee Airmen are honored during an F-16 Red Tail Dedication Ceremony at Aviation Challenge August 9, 2014 at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center. (Eric Schultz / eschultz@al.com)

January 28, 2014, 10:42AM

COLUMBIANA, Alabama -- The Columbiana Public Library is hosting author Daniel Haulman to talk about the book "The Tuskegee Airmen, An Illustrated History: 1939-1949" on Feb. 15 as part of Black History Month. Haulman, who is chief of the Organizational History Division at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, will be at the library at 10 a.m. on Feb.... Full story »

November 10, 2013, 11:15PM

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Instead of honoring an individual, the 2013 Award Recipient of the National Veterans Day in Birmingham recognizes a group of distinguished veterans--The Tuskegee Airmen. The National Veterans Award was created in Birmingham for America's first official National Veterans Day observance November 11, 1954. Each year the award honors an outstanding veteran who has made the greatest... Full story »

June 22, 2013, 1:01PM

As the U.S. military's first black aviators, the Tuskegee Airmen had a double challenge: flying in the dangerous skies during World War II, and fighting a war against prejudice waged by allies both at home and overseas. Full story »

January 14, 2013, 5:17PM

All black military pilots who trained in the United States trained in Tuskegee. In all, almost a thousand black pilots were trained in the small Alabama town from 1941-46. Of that number, 450 were deployed overseas and 150 lost their lives, including 66 killed in action. Full story »

January 30, 2012, 12:34PM

The long-awaited “Red Tails,” written and produced by George Lucas (“Star Wars,” “Indiana Jones”), chronicles the experiences of the Tuskegee Airmen, the country’s first team of black combat pilots. Full story »

January 20, 2012, 9:55AM

Alabama's aerospace roots extend far beyond Huntsville's storied space work with NASA. Today's release of the movie, "Red Tails," will help tell the amazing story about another Alabama legacy _ that of the all-black Tuskegee Airmen fighter squadron that escorted hundreds of allied bombers during World War II. It's a heckuva story that Alabamians should be proud to share. Full story »

January 19, 2012, 12:36PM

Tuskegee Airman Herbert Carter flew 77 missions during World War II and crashed landed only once, impressive numbers that challenged those skeptical of the abilities of black aviators. Decades later, he and the other legendary African-American airmen he flew with must once again prove themselves — at the box office. Full story »